Patents by Inventor Herve Pont

Herve Pont has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hub for a spoked wheel, such as a bicycle wheel
    Patent number: 6375273
    Abstract: A hub body including two lateral flanges having buttonhole-shaped borings provided for hooking the spokes with a large cross-section portion and a small cross-section portion. Each of the flanges includes an approximately axial barrel extended by a disk, and that the large cross-section portion is located in the area of the disk, and the small cross-section portion is located in the area of the barrel. The small cross-section portion is located at the base of the large cross-section portion, with reference to the direction in which the spoke exerts a traction on the flange when it is mounted and tensioned. The invention also relates to a hub as well as a bicycle spoke wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Mavic S.A.
    Inventor: Hervé Pont
  • Hub for a spoked wheel, such as a bicycle wheel
    Publication number: 20010005098
    Abstract: A hub body including two lateral flanges having buttonhole-shaped borings provided for hooking the spokes with a large cross-section portion and a small cross-section portion. Each of the flanges includes an approximately axial barrel extended by a disk, and that the large cross-section portion is located in the area of the disk, and the small cross-section portion is located in the area of the barrel. The small cross-section portion is located at the base of the large cross-section portion, with reference to the direction in which the spoke exerts a traction on the flange when it is mounted and tensioned. The invention also relates to a hub as well as a bicycle spoke wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Applicant: MAVIC S.A.
    Inventor: Herve Pont